WESTERN COUNTRIES BLAMED BY PUTIN FOR DESTABILIZING GLOBAL AGRICULTURE SECTOR

Fri 24 June 2022: Russian President Vladimir Putin, claimed on Friday that Moscow’s military intervention in Ukraine was not to blame for the world food crisis and that the West was to blame for preventing the shipment of Russian grain. “The food market is unbalanced in the most serious way,” Putin said, addressing a “BRICS Plus” virtual […]

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BRITISH PM JOHNSON VOWS TO ‘KEEP GOING’ AFTER DOUBLE DEFEAT

Fri 24 June 2022: Two parliamentary by-election losses for the Conservative Party in the United Kingdom have weakened the position of embattled Prime Minister Boris Johnson and forced the resignation of the party’s chairman. According to early results released on Friday morning, Britain’s dominant Conservative Party lost two seats in the by-election held on Thursday. […]

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SAMSUNG UNVEILS NEXT-GEN 200MP CAMERA SENSOR WITH SMALLEST PIXELS

Thu 23 June 2022: Samsung unveiled a new 200MP image sensor on Thursday that features the tiniest 0.56-micrometer pixels in the industry and will enable smartphone users to capture video that looks remarkably similar in a movie. ‘ISOCELL HP3’ image sensor, with a 12 per cent smaller pixel size than the predecessor’s 0.64 m, packs […]

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“GOOD DAY FOR EUROPE”: EUROPEAN UNION APPROVES UKRAINE AS CANDIDATE COUNTRY

Thu 23 June 2022: The European Union has approved the application of Ukraine to become a candidate country for admission to the 27-strong bloc. EU leaders meeting in Brussels have followed the recommendation of the European Commission, which was made on Friday 17 June. The move comes just one day short of the four-month anniversary […]

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RUSSIAN CYBERATTACKS TARGET UKRAINE’S ALLIES: MICROSOFT

Thu 23 June 2022: According to tech giant Microsoft, Russian hackers are launching major cyberattacks against Ukraine’s Western allies. The software company warned on Wednesday night that hackers were specifically targeting government computers in NATO member states. It also noted that while the United States was the main target, Microsoft’s experts had discovered cyberattacks on […]

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BRITISH PM BORIS JOHNSON ARRIVES IN RWANDA FOR COMMONWEALTH SUMMIT

Thu 23 June 2022: For a summit of Commonwealth nations where global concerns will be discussed, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is in the Rwandan capital Kigali. “I’ve arrived in Rwanda for CHOGM to address global challenges, from hunger to climate change, and to turbocharge trade with some of the world’s most dynamic economies,” Johnson said on […]

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CONTROVERSIAL FACIAL RECOGNITION TOOL THAT IDENTIFIES EMOTIONS IS RETIRED BY MICROSOFT

Thu 23 June 2022: Amid the debate over the controversial facial recognition technology, Microsoft has announced to restrict public access to several of its AI-powered facial analysis tools, including retiring facial analysis tools that purport to infer emotional states and identity gender, age, smile, facial hair, hair and makeup. The tech giant said that it […]

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